Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Please Read My Update Below: Original Review: I'm an overweight bigger guy, 6'2, 240 lbs., 49 years old. I recently started riding again. First ride around the neighborhood, without padded shorts -miserable. It kept me off the bike for months. I bought these shorts and decided to try it again and was able to ride 6.6 miles, twice in a day (that's a half running marathon folks!). Honestly, there's still a bit of tenderness afterwards, but vastly improved so that I actually really enjoyed the ride and continued with it. I plan to also purchase a padded seat cover to help more too. I wear a size 38-40 waist in pants and shorts. I ordered the XL size and it's just right for me. After a few uses and runs through the washing machine, they're still holding up really well with no signs of wear yet. I'll be purchasing more of these. Civic/Consumer Duty Updated Review: Because I liked my original purchase of these riding underwear so much, I left a very favorable review when I purchased a second pair from the same seller and listing based off of my prior purchase. I expected to get the same product. No! The current purchase only slightly resembled the original purchase. The material and padding seems to be the same, but the differences with the recently received package are a very small waist band, elastics leg bands added, and no side support stretch stitching.There's enough of a difference in my comfort and ride now that I will look elsewhere when I need to purchase a new pair. I'll attach photos that I'm sure will be helpful. Know that the original pair I like better is the one with the large waist band and grey side stitching. If you look closely at the photos, you can see the stitching on the newer pair is of much higher quality too. Also, the photo may make the padding look like it's concave, but it is actually convex on both pairs. Please also know that the older pair has been used several times (held up very well) and the newer pair has only been used once. If I could be guaranteed to receive the original pair, I would quickly purchase it again.